Summary of the Position

Semilla Nueva is recruiting a research and learning senior manager to co-lead the development and publishing of third-party impact evaluations, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, and assist in program design. This position will report to and collaborate closely with the chief strategy and impact officer, supervise a M&E manager and several survey staff. The position is based in Guatemala with extensive travel to rural Guatemala and occasional travel to El Salvador and Honduras. 

We are looking for a passionate, creative, and outgoing leader who wants to help use impact evaluation to change public policy and donor priorities in order to improve the nutritional intake of millions of people in the next 3-5 years. 

Specific Tasks

• Monitoring and Evaluation 
  • Evaluate the economic, climate resilience, and food security impact of our program on farming families 
  • Lead the creation of protocols and quality control systems for all major monitoring and evaluation systems, including capture of farmer contact information, phone surveys, and in field measurements with farmers. 
  • Lead the training of Semilla Nueva, partner, and government staff on the use of Semilla Nueva monitoring systems and supervise their implementation 
  • Supervise data storage and accessibility 
• Third party studies 
  • Co-develop studies with third party researchers to measure the nutritional and livelihood impact of Semilla Nueva’s programs on beneficiary families, including studies on biological impacts of biofortified grain, ex-ante impact models, livelihood impact evaluations, and climate resilience studies
  • Support the creation of third party ex-ante impact models and cost-effectiveness analyses 
  • Lead efforts to visualize the impact of Semilla Nueva’s programs to make it easier for donors, partners, and government to understand the potential and impact of biofortified seeds
• Bilateral Relationships and Proposals
  • Participate in relationship management with major donors and bilaterals such as USAID 
  • Participate in proposal writing 
• Management and Leadership
  • Develop and grow a professional team dedicated to the areas above
  • Work with the leadership team on organizational and strategic development, including leading writing of new strategic and operational plans

Qualifications:

Required:

• Proven experience in quantitative research design, implementation, data analysis and sharing for nutritional/agricultural programs
• Experience designing and managing health,nutrition, agricultural, and economics research studies
• Experience in program monitoring, evaluation and learning
• Experience at an international NGO, preferably living in a developing context
• Demonstrated leadership, supervisory and conflict-management skills
• Strong technical writing abilities
• Strong networking and inter-organizational collaboration skills
• Fluent English and Spanish
• Experience leading data collection teams. Including drawing samples, survey programming, running audits, backchecks, and setting up dashboards to monitor data quality. 

Desired:

• Experience working in Meso-America
• Proficiency in Stata, R, or SAS with strong quantitative and qualitative research skills. If not using statistical software, proficiency in data analysis in Excel or Google Sheets. 
• Program management experience
• Existing connections/networks with key research organizations and institutions in Latin America.
• Programming surveys in SurveyCTO, ODK, or Kobo Collect.  
• Experience cleaning raw data sets, setting up reproducible analysis, and data storage protocols. 
• Experience communicating statistical information to various audiences, including colleagues, leadership, and external collaborators. 
• Experience compiling data analysis for reports to internal and external stakeholders – including creating tables, describing methodologies, and tracking sample sizes. 

Expectations:

• Ability to work independently, proactively, and prioritize/coordinate a variety of activities
• Ability to represent organizational values and develop strategy in a senior leadership role 
• Ability to work effectively in a multicultural team 
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, constantly evolving work environment 

Hiring Process:

• 30-45 minute introductory conversation.
• A technical activity to assess analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and presentation skills.
• Interview with the leadership team.
• Psychometric tests, background check, and references.
• Offer and final negotiation.

Compensation and Location

• Position based in Guatemala
• Salary range: $40-70,000/yr depending on experience 
• Competitive benefits package 

To apply, please email your CV to trabajo@semillanueva.org with the subject line
Research and Learning Manager and your last name. Feel free to send any recent publications and/or 2-3 bullet points of why you think you would be a good fit for the role and we may be a good fit for you. 

Semilla Nueva is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to sustaining a diverse community with a work environment that is welcoming, respectful, and encouraging to all. We foster a culture of inclusion that celebrates and cultivates diversity along multiple dimensions, including race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, out of home care, age, national origin, socioeconomic status, religion, ability, culture, and experience.